@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 7 months agoLemmy is like a public library of the internet: it's one of the few places where you can exist without the expectation of paying either through watching ads or through direct paymentsmessage-square86fedilinkarrow-up1709
arrow-up1709message-squareLemmy is like a public library of the internet: it's one of the few places where you can exist without the expectation of paying either through watching ads or through direct payments@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 7 months agomessage-square86fedilink
minus-squareRentlarlinkfedilink48•edit-27 months agoIt’s like a public library that lets you borrow and read books from other cities’ libraries!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•7 months ago Interlibrary loans are a wonder of the world and a glory of civilization -Jo Walton, Among Others
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink13•7 months agoI’m pretty sure most libraries also have that.
minus-squareFlying Squidlinkfedilink11•7 months agoThat’s called interlibrary loan and it predates the internet by a long time. 1876 officially. Unofficially, centuries before. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interlibrary_loan
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•7 months agoBut it doesn’t have lots of useful stuff that makes people want to come here :(
It’s like a public library that lets you borrow and read books from other cities’ libraries!
Yes, we have interlibrary loan.
Instant interlibrary loan!
-Jo Walton, Among Others
I’m pretty sure most libraries also have that.
That’s called interlibrary loan and it predates the internet by a long time.
1876 officially. Unofficially, centuries before.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interlibrary_loan
But it doesn’t have lots of useful stuff that makes people want to come here :(